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A Halloweensie Contest and WIX Twist

Susanna’s Rules for the Halloweensie contest: write a 100 word Halloween story appropriate for children, using the words witch, bat, and “trick-or-treat“. Check out other Halloweensie Contest entries at http://susannahill.blogspot.com/

I’ve been going door-to-door dressed in costume with an open bag for treats most of my life – okay I have enjoyed the custom most of my life! I even got married on Halloween (Happy 21st, hon!). And I’ve only just read that this practice has a name other than ‘trick-or-treating’: guising. Ha! Learn something new every day! New words should be applied freely so as to cement them into one’s vocabulary, so I thought I’d have a little trick-twisting fun with idioms and sayings:

A half truth is a whole guise. (off a Yiddish proverb)

A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the guise you can invent. (Sorry Bill! ~William Blake, “Auguries of Innocence,” Poems from the Pickering Manuscript)

A guise may take care of the present, but it has no future. (Author Unknown; if you know, tell the author to drop a line!)

Fit to be guised.

Early to bed, early to guise…

Guise to the challenge!

One guise fits all.

Well…

That’s about the guise of it!

Also have to mention a Halloween PB – too delightful to pass up!

Author: Harriet ZiefertIllustrator: Simms TabakPublisher: Candlewick Press, 2007Age level: 2 and upOpening: If one little witch meets one little witch, that makes…two little witches going trick or treating.Why I like it: As you can see on the cover, one little witch is a bit suspicious of the other little witch as they meet their dressed-up friends. A little spooky and a lot of fun, with delightful illustrations from the late Simms Taback, who created over 35 picture books, winning the Caldecott Medal for Joseph Had A Little Overcoat and a Caldecott Honor for There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. Do try an all time favorite of mine Kibitzers and Fools: tales my zayda told me.

Great entry. I agree with Penny. ULTRA-TALENTED. Very inspiring. Thanks to Sandy, I could not get my entry in on time. Furiously working on it right now, but not sure I’ll be able to finish it. Good luck!

Need to get back to comment on yours – my son ‘made’ me hand over the computer after we had a good laugh watching your video – because we loved your eyes and had the feeling you were gonna start cackling any moment!

There are so many wonderful things about this post, Julie! Happy Anniversary – a great day to get married, I love your poem (especially in the shape of a cat), and I had no idea that ‘guising’ is another word for trick or treating. Thank you! I love learning new words.

Julie, this is awesome on so many levels. Love the poem and the cat. I love your guise words as well. (Tee hee, couldn’t resist). The picture book looks wonderful, I’m tempted to start collecting again. Happy Halloween and Happy Anniversary!

So you have an addiction too, eh? After my library renovated they got rid of their discarded books shelf – saved me from a very dusty habit! Lucky for us, there is always someone asking for donated books – makes it easier to think they will find a good home!

Many of the books that made their way into my daughter’s shelves came well before a baby was even a thought. I haven’t really bought any in a long time however, because we’ve moved too many times over the past few years and I lugged too many boxes of books (of all types) from place to place.

Hey, that shape was an accident! But a quick creative knows when to take the short-cut to his/her full advantage! I had a whole different image in mind to draw which I may still do, just for the practice, but careful planning never has the energy of a happy accident!

Julie…FANTASTIC! The rhyme is meter-perfect…and I loved your use of words and images…can’t get the picture of witches spreading the dirt around…hahaha…they would be quite comfy in my house. 🙂 The shape is awesome…and congrats on your anniversary. 🙂

Wow, Julie. I love your poem especially that you dressed it up in such an attractive cat’s tail logo looking piece! I can imagine this already published somewhere. You packed a lot of punch in just 100 words. Lots of action and fun! Excellent!